Where Filmed

The first John Wick movie was an unexpected critical success, and is now on its way of becoming a franchise. Keanu Reeves returns in the sequel, assuming the role of the charismatic professional killer. This time he's forced back into action by his former partner, who plans to take control of an obscure international guild of assassins.

We recognized instantly many of the filming locations only watching the trailer. John Wick Chapter 2 was filmed basically in Brooklyn and Manhattan areas of New York, in Rome (Italy) and Montreal (Canada). Here is a compilation of the most interesting locations and sets for this new symphony of violence.

John Wick's Continental Hotel Location

The exterior of the legendary Continental Hotel is the Beaver Building in Manhattan. The hall of the Cunard Building was used to film interiors of the entrance lobby.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps clicking on the links below in the captions ↴) Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and Steven Bornholtz - Beaver Building Map / Cunard Building Map

Winston, the owner of the hotel played by Ian McShane, meets Wick on the roof garden of the Rockefeller Plaza building, with St. Patrick's Cathedral as a Backdrop for the scene. Images by courtesy of Lionsgate - Map

The room featuring a huge oriental statue belongs to the Tao Downtown nightclub in Manhattan.Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and SouthernWI - Map

By the end of the movie, there is key scene with Santino in the Continental lounge filmed in the Ballroom of the Jane Hotel in Greenwich Village (also located in New York). Image by courtesy of Lionsgate - Map

John Wick 2 Filming Locations

The opening car chase scene, with the camera pointing to a well-known lingerie store, was filmed in Montreal in Saint-Catherine street. However, the next sequence where the motorcycle crashes into the gorgeous Ford Mustang Mach 1, was filmed more than 370 miles away from there. The shoot took place in the heart of New York City, in the surprisingly empty streets of Broadway, between W 42nd and W 40th St.

The spectacular John Wick house is located in Mill Neck (Long Island, NY).Image by courtesy of Lionsgate - Map

The GNAM (Galleria Nazionale Arte Moderna) in Rome doubles as a New Yorker museum. Note the fake Empire State Building at the top-right corner. Image courtesy of Lionsgate and Google Maps

Shooting interiors in the GNAM meant that the filmmakers could add to the cinematography of the film some of the original artworks that this splendid museum exhibits. Image courtesy of Lionsgate and Nicolas Vadilonga

The section of the movie set in Rome opens with aerial establishing shots of the city and the Vatican, and John on the top of the Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali in Piazza Venezia. Image by courtesy of Lionsgate

Reeve's production was filming the facade of the Continentale Hotel in Rome at the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento, located next to the Roman Forum. Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and Google Maps

The interiors were shot on location in the five stars Grand Hotel Plaza in the center of The Eternal City. Here was also filmed John's room with magnificent views to the San Carlo al Corso church's dome.Image by courtesy of Lionsgate - Map

After that sequence, Wick walks through Piazza Navona and enters the old book shop Antica Libreria Cascianelli (Largo Febo, 15). Image by courtesy of Lionsgate - Map

A big show stage was filmed in the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla. The wonderful film The Great Beauty from Paolo Sorrentino, and the not so wonderful Zoolander No. 2 were also shot here. The entrance (and the way out) to Gianna's coronation party was filmed in the ruins of the Forum of Caesar, almost across the street from the Continentale Hotel location (Clivo Argentario St). Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and Sébastien Bertrand - Map

The atmospheric meeting of John and Gianna was filmed in a surviving domed pavilion at the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani). These are the remains of some Roman gardens from the 1st century BC.
Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and Lalupa - Map

Before exchanging some shots and coming to blows at Piazza degli Zingari, John Wick and Common roll down and fight in the stairs of Scalinata dei Borgia in Rione Monti. Rome is huge but somehow they end up back to the Italian Continental Hotel branch, in the marble Lion staircase room at the Grand Hotel Plaza.Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and Google Maps

Back to New York with an open contract on his head, Wick fights the violinist assassin and other hitmen in the corridors of the Place des Arts metro and square in Montreal. Cast and crew were filming at MELS Studios, also located in the city. Image courtesy of Lionsgate and Jen Wen Luoh

After getting out from the metro station, John has an exchange of shots with Common near the fountain of the plaza of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Image by courtesy of Chun-Hung Eric Cheng - Map

The action continues inside the new PATH West Concourse at One World Trade Center station, a work of Santiago Calatrava. Image by courtesy of Lionsgate and Derek D

John visits crime lord The Bowery King on the top of a building near Manhattan Bridge at 135 Plymouth St.Images by courtesy of Lionsgate - Map

The scene of the mirrors, one of the best (and most expensive) of the film, was shot in a studio in New Jersey.Image by courtesy of Lionsgate

The Angel of the Waters overlooking one of the final scenes of the movie in Fountain and Bethesda Terrace, Central Park. Image by courtesy of Lionsgate

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We found and selected some very interesting items to help understand why the first John Wick installment has reached the status of semi-cult movie. For instance, someone has produced a replica of the Blood Oath Marker coins used in the film!
Look at the price of this bloody variant of a Funko vinyl figure. There is an incredibly detailed and beautifully packaged re-edited Blue Ray edition. Also you can get your hands on one of these cool movie posters.

The opening scene (with victoria secret sign) was filmed on St-Catherine Street in Montreal, I suspect. There is also a scene after the "path" in New York filmed in 'Places des Arts' Metro station in Montreal (where John is saved by the homeless man).

In any case, the name of the club is Tao (apparently a reference to a Chinese religion), quite distinct from Buddhism. And where is Buddha depicted with multiple arms? Not Japan, Korea or China. I agree that the statue is probably representative of a religion of India. Ethnicity and religion are confused. Asians do not all look alike.